Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-19 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
On 07/17/2014 03:33 PM, Edward Diener wrote: > The grub2 boot loader is installed in a /boot partition in my Fedora 20 > installation and works properly. But I do create 1 GB boot partitions > and maybe most people do not use as much space for their boot partition > as I do. > >From last 1-2

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Edward Diener
On 07/17/2014 04:05 PM, Lamar Owen wrote: > On 07/17/2014 02:41 PM, Edward Diener wrote: >> Programming is about calculations as well as logic. It cannot be >> impossible to calculate how big core.img is, how much space is in the >> partition in which grub2 is installed and either tell the end-user

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Lamar Owen
On 07/17/2014 02:41 PM, Edward Diener wrote: > Programming is about calculations as well as logic. It cannot be > impossible to calculate how big core.img is, how much space is in the > partition in which grub2 is installed and either tell the end-user it > can or cannot be done. For more on th

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Lamar Owen
On 07/17/2014 02:41 PM, Edward Diener wrote: > Programming is about calculations as well as logic. It cannot be > impossible to calculate how big core.img is, how much space is in the > partition in which grub2 is installed and either tell the end-user it > can or cannot be done. Things like "it

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Edward Diener
On 7/17/2014 2:27 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 7/17/2014 6:38 AM, Edward Diener wrote: >>> There is other discussion around the web on this issue for GRUB2 (which is where the issue lies). The core is that GRUB2 is quite a bit larger than GRUB 1, and thus it may or may not be safe to in

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread John R Pierce
On 7/17/2014 6:38 AM, Edward Diener wrote: >> There is other discussion around the web on this issue for GRUB2 (which >> >is where the issue lies). The core is that GRUB2 is quite a bit larger >> >than GRUB 1, and thus it may or may not be safe to install to a >> >partition. > I am a programmer my

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Lamar Owen
On 07/17/2014 09:33 AM, Edward Diener wrote: > ... > The grub2 boot loader is installed in a /boot partition in my Fedora 20 > installation and works properly. ... Fedora is not CentOS; upstream's take would likely be, 'while it may be good enough for Fedora, this is an Enterprise Linux, not Fedo

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Edward Diener
On 7/17/2014 8:40 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: > On 07/17/2014 06:37 AM, Edward Diener wrote: >> Not choosing a bootloader did not work. Without the ability to tell >> the CedntOS7 installation to install its bootloader in my /boot >> partition, I cannot use CentOS7. For me the CentOS7 developers have >>

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Edward Diener
On 7/17/2014 9:01 AM, Fred Smith wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 01:05:01AM -0400, Edward Diener wrote: >> On 7/16/2014 11:55 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: >>> On 07/16/2014 12:22 AM, Edward Diener wrote: I did not see any way, during the CentOS7 install, to install the CentOS7 boot loader into

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Fred Smith
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 01:05:01AM -0400, Edward Diener wrote: > On 7/16/2014 11:55 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: > > On 07/16/2014 12:22 AM, Edward Diener wrote: > >> I did not see any way, during the CentOS7 install, to install the > >> CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition rather than to the MBR

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Lamar Owen
On 07/17/2014 06:37 AM, Edward Diener wrote: > Not choosing a bootloader did not work. Without the ability to tell > the CedntOS7 installation to install its bootloader in my /boot > partition, I cannot use CentOS7. For me the CentOS7 developers have > really messed up. File a bug with Red Hat'

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Edward Diener
On 7/17/2014 1:05 AM, Edward Diener wrote: > On 7/16/2014 11:55 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: >> On 07/16/2014 12:22 AM, Edward Diener wrote: >>> I did not see any way, during the CentOS7 install, to install the >>> CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition rather than to the MBR of a >>> drive. How doe

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-16 Thread Edward Diener
On 7/16/2014 11:55 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: > On 07/16/2014 12:22 AM, Edward Diener wrote: >> I did not see any way, during the CentOS7 install, to install the >> CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition rather than to the MBR of a >> drive. How does one do this in the installation of CentOS7 ? >>

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-16 Thread Lamar Owen
On 07/16/2014 12:22 AM, Edward Diener wrote: > I did not see any way, during the CentOS7 install, to install the > CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition rather than to the MBR of a > drive. How does one do this in the installation of CentOS7 ? > > See: https://access.redhat.com/documentatio